Chapter 561 An Empty City
Bingzhou, Yanmen
During the day, the military inspector Ji Xiufeng hurriedly left Yanmen with his small group of people and returned to Chang'an.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Yanmen was no longer tenable. With all the garrison supplies gone, the next move was likely to be a hand-to-hand fight between the Sun family army and the Xianbei.
There was no way Ji Xiufeng would stay and die with the Sun family army. Going to Dai County was even more impossible! I heard that the defense of Dai County was even worse.
He thought about it and decided to go back to Chang'an. The reasons were ready. The Sun family army was suffering too much, and he wanted to ask for support for the Sun family army!
That night, the sky was clear and windy, but there was no rain or snow.
Yanmen was quiet and forbearing that night.
Under the organization of Qin Heng and Sun Ming, all the soldiers in Yanmen prepared to evacuate quietly under the cover of night.
Qin Heng was the last to show up. Before that, he had gone to see the members of the Death Squad for the last time. He didn't know how many of them would survive this battle, but if one person died, ten thousand would live. This was a good deal!
"Are we just going to retreat like this? Leaving an empty city for the Xianbei army?" The soldiers of the Sun family army were a little uneasy.
"Listen up!" Sun Ming vaguely knew something. In the past two days, the people brought by Qin Heng have been busy.
"Retreat!" Qin Heng took the lead and stepped forward.
Both the Qin and Sun armies were very careful. The noise made by the army during its retreat was not loud, but it was particularly clear in the silent night, making the emptiness of this world seem even more apparent.
Since Sun Ming ordered the opening of the three city gates in the east, south and west of Yanmen, allowing the people to escape on their own, most of the people in Yanmen have evacuated in the past few days.
They evacuated from the South Gate. In fact, compared to going directly to Youzhou through the East Gate, although the South Gate took a detour and took some effort, it was very necessary.
This can cover up the fact that Sun's army surrendered to Pingzhou. They also know that this matter will be exposed sooner or later, but for now, they can delay it as much as possible.
After the large army withdrew, Yanmen Pass became an isolated city.
Scarecrows were erected on the city gates. From a distance, they looked dim and shadowy, as if there were soldiers on patrol.
When Qin Heng and Sun Ming were evacuating their troops, three or four hundred miles away, Yang Yingqin was setting up camp in a sheltered place with 30,000 vanguards.
Holding the tiger talisman, Xie Zhan ordered Yang Yingqin to lead 100,000 troops north to support Sun's army.
Yang Yingqin was worried about Yanmen, so he took 30,000 vanguards and went ahead, followed by 70,000 troops led by Zhao Biao.
At this time, except for those on patrol, most of the soldiers were resting. They were also tired after the rapid march.
Yang Yingqin couldn't sleep. He hadn't expected to run into Ji Xiufeng, the military supervisor of Yanmen, here. He learned about the situation of Yanmen and the Sun family army from Ji Xiufeng. Yang Yingqin immediately felt that the Sun family army and Yanmen were about to collapse. They could not withstand the next wave of attacks from the Xianbei army.
When he realized this, he really wanted to let the troops advance at full speed without rest.
But it didn't work. The soldiers were too tired after the rapid march.
Let's set off tomorrow morning! Now we're only three hundred miles away. If we make a concerted effort tomorrow, we'll reach Yanmen!
Furthermore, no bad news had yet come from Yanmen. No news was good news. It was still possible, it was definitely still possible. Yang Yingqin could only console himself in this way.
The next day, the Xianbei army, having had a full meal, organized another large-scale siege. However, when they rushed to the city wall, Yanmen Pass, which had been blocking their way, was silent. In the past, when they started attacking the city, they would be greeted by gold, wood, stones and other objects, but today they saw nothing.
A brave warrior climbed up the ladder and successfully stood on the city wall. Looking inside, he found that it was empty!
The Xianbei soldiers were stunned when they saw this scene.
A moment later, the north gate of Yanmen City was opened, and Tuoba Xun led everyone into Yanmen City without anyone stopping them.
"What's wrong with the Sun family army? Are they playing the empty city trick on us?"
"Be careful, there's a scam."
"Brother, you're overthinking it. The Sun family army probably planned to evacuate Yanmen and re-defend it in Xinxing or Zhongshan."
"That's indeed possible. By now, there are probably only 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers left in Yanmen. If they don't retreat, are they waiting to be wiped out by our Xianbei army?"
"Moreover, Sun Ming had already opened the other three city gates a few days ago to allow the people of Yanmen to leave."
At this time, the soldiers who went to investigate the movements of the Sun family army also returned, "The Sun family army should have gone south."
All these prove that after the Sun family army realized that the situation was hopeless, they took the initiative to withdraw from Yanmen.
Although everyone thought so, Tuoba Xun still sent someone to check it out to be on the safe side, and found nothing wrong.
The Sun family army really left them an empty city.
After confirming that there was no danger, part of the Xianbei army began to enter Yanmen.
The Xianbei king's tent did not move out, and Tuoba Khan still lived there. He wanted to see when Dai County would be captured.
Tuoba Khan did not move, and neither did most of his generals.
But the Xianbei soldiers who entered Yanmen lived in a place that was sheltered from the wind and rain, and it was as lively as the New Year.
In some secret places, some guys with determined eyes were chewing on dry food and counting the time silently.
At the hour of Mao, night began to fall over the land. At the hour of Si, some soldiers had already begun to rest.
Underground, after the members of the suicide squad were ready, they took out matches from their arms, struck a light, and then quickly ran to the place they had prepared in advance, using all their strength.
After nightfall, Qin Heng stood outside, looking at the night sky, and kept saying in his heart that they could do it, they would definitely do it, they had all been secretly trained, and they would definitely be able to complete the mission successfully and survive.
Boom—boom—
In the silent night, huge explosions, like silver bottles bursting, rang out one after another in all directions of Yanmen City.
Within Yanmen Pass, many buildings and houses were reduced to rubble in less than a quarter of an hour. Of the fifty thousand Xianbei troops stationed at Yanmen Pass, a small half met their Eternal Heaven in their sleep.
Amidst the rumbling explosions, the entire Yanmen and the surrounding land shook.
In the Xianbei royal tent not far away, Tuoba Khan was awakened. No, it should be said that everyone was awakened.
They all ran out of the tent and looked towards Yanmen in panic.
"What's that sound? Is the earth dragon turning over? No, no—" Muye looked at Qin Heng, "General Qin Heng, were you the ones who made that noise?"
Qin Heng smiled but did not answer.
Makino was dumbfounded, he knew very well what this expression meant.
Sun Ming said, "Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask."
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